But
Dale Carnegie once described the effective way to correct others' mistake this way: "call attention to people's mistakes indirectly."
One of the examples Dale Carnegie quoted in his book How to Win Friends and Influence People goes like this, "We're really proud of you, Johnnie, for raising your grades this term. But if you had worked harder on you algebra, the results would have been better."
Yes, the opening with praise is superb. It's hard to think of a
One of the examples Dale Carnegie quoted in his book How to Win Friends and Influence People goes like this, "We're really proud of you, Johnnie, for raising your grades this term. But if you had worked harder on you algebra, the results would have been better."
Yes, the opening with praise is superb. It's hard to think of a
Elsa
What did Cinderella eat?
Whether we know it or not - and apparently we do not - the Disney Princess swallowed up our daughters.
Is it true, even a little bit, that parents should do our best to rescue our daughters from the inexplicable obsession with Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Belle, Snow White (and many more)? Are girls destined to go gaga over the Disney princess? I've been reading Peggy Orenstein's Cinderella Ate My Daughter to find out more. Orenstein saw no reason
Whether we know it or not - and apparently we do not - the Disney Princess swallowed up our daughters.
Is it true, even a little bit, that parents should do our best to rescue our daughters from the inexplicable obsession with Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Belle, Snow White (and many more)? Are girls destined to go gaga over the Disney princess? I've been reading Peggy Orenstein's Cinderella Ate My Daughter to find out more. Orenstein saw no reason
Kakadu
Visiting Australia's national parks is pretty different from going to the theme park Legoland in Malaysia. I did both.
As an adult city-dweller, I prefer the wilderness and natural environment. I'm not suggesting that you should delete Legoland from your itinerary. If you have kids, they will tell you to go there and stay for many many many many days and nights.
When I started off planning this summer trip, I wasn't sure if I want to fill the whole page with playgrounds.
As an adult city-dweller, I prefer the wilderness and natural environment. I'm not suggesting that you should delete Legoland from your itinerary. If you have kids, they will tell you to go there and stay for many many many many days and nights.
When I started off planning this summer trip, I wasn't sure if I want to fill the whole page with playgrounds.
Seasick
Try thisquick word association: fishing tour.
And yourespond … barramundi? Snapper? Mackerel?
Actually,I didn't come up with these targets when we took a boat ride in Darwin . I was completely at sea. And seasick.Or both. As the boat departed from the ferry terminal, I was overcome with awave of nausea. My heart went wonky in my chest, my brow knitted with anxietyand my stomach spinning. My tummy flopped and bloated like a puffer fish on the hook.
Medley
With somany destinations, choosing which to visit during my daughter's summer holidaycan be tough. When you hear about wild explorer's opening an atlas randomly forthe choice, this might not sound rational. But it should. There are manytheories. The simplest explanation is probably this: it feels good. Plus, it doesn'tcause any major harm.
Fewmonths ago, I happened to see the Lonely Planet's Central Australia in thepublic library new collection. I checked out the travel
Vocabulary
For as long as I can remember, I had a notebook next to my dictionary during my primary school days. (I was 12.) I kept a list of new words in that notebook. The list grew as I looked up more words in the dictionary.
My four-year-old daughter isn't equipped to find words in the dictionary. Well, she doesn't need a dictionary; a child's vocabulary simply grows by asking and listening. It reminds me of a recent conversation
My four-year-old daughter isn't equipped to find words in the dictionary. Well, she doesn't need a dictionary; a child's vocabulary simply grows by asking and listening. It reminds me of a recent conversation
Tiger
Playing violin is hard. Making a four-year-old practice the bow stroke is quite impossible. Bringing up a daughter to be violinist, with the house turning topsy-turvy while the wife crumpled invalid after getting multiple sclerosis, almost never works.
You'll know just how hard this is for the Ukrainian-born music teacher Mr. K to do so after reading the book Strings Attached .
As a dad who asks my daughter to practice piano for not more than (and often less) ten minutes each
You'll know just how hard this is for the Ukrainian-born music teacher Mr. K to do so after reading the book Strings Attached .
As a dad who asks my daughter to practice piano for not more than (and often less) ten minutes each
Passion
Many people have a preferred way to motivate themselves, to arouse enthusiasm and uncover what they want in their life and work. Some of us buy ourselves good coffee before work, and others go for Häagen-Dazs ice-cream after a big project.
Yesterday morning, as the sun was breaking open the clouds, I took my camera and crafted a picture before going to work.
Not a groundbreaking picture, but good enough to build my energy for the long hours of hospital work.
I worked till the
Yesterday morning, as the sun was breaking open the clouds, I took my camera and crafted a picture before going to work.
Not a groundbreaking picture, but good enough to build my energy for the long hours of hospital work.
I worked till the
Chain
If you find that your friends start a number of upbeat feeds on the social network Facebook, and that your mood and performance soar along their suggestion, it is probably more than coincidence. I didn't know where to start, but I did know that emotional contagion has been recently demonstrated by a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In The New Leaders , Daniel Goleman quotes the example of circulatory system being a closed-loop system which is self-regulating because "what's happening
In The New Leaders , Daniel Goleman quotes the example of circulatory system being a closed-loop system which is self-regulating because "what's happening
Say Goodbye
After giving a lecture at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre this weekend, I went to the public library and returned an unfinished book.
I wasn't able to finish the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Goldfinch before the book is due. I could not renew the library loan because it has been reserved by someone else.
Saying goodbye (for a moment) to this book isn't hard. Riding the emotional roller coaster with the story's narrator Theo Decker is.
It's a very tough
I wasn't able to finish the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Goldfinch before the book is due. I could not renew the library loan because it has been reserved by someone else.
Saying goodbye (for a moment) to this book isn't hard. Riding the emotional roller coaster with the story's narrator Theo Decker is.
It's a very tough